#2A169D#2A169D

#2A169D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.197 H 275.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A169D
RGB	rgb(42, 22, 157)
HSL	hsl(249, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(249, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 86%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.94, 49.23, -67.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.94, 83.79, 305.99°)
OKLab	oklab(34.94% 0.0195 -0.1959)
OKLCH	oklch(34.94% 0.197 275.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3256, 3.4997, 32.1812)
Luminance	0.0350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A169D #899D16

analogous

#16459D #2A169D #6E169D

triadic

#2A169D #9D2A16 #169D2A

tetradic

#2A169D #9D1645 #899D16 #169D6E

square

#2A169D #9D1645 #899D16 #169D6E

split-complementary

#2A169D #9D6E16 #459D16

monochromatic

#0D0732 #1C0E67 #2A169D #381ED3 #5F48E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.35

#2A169D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#2A169D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A169D

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A169D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A169D	1.00	12.35	1.70	12.35
#FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003AA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a169d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 22, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.197 275.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785abb',
    500: '#2a169d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a169d;
$custom-light: #785abb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a169d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.889,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34935,
    "c": 0.19691,
    "h": 275.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A169D

secondary

#B4C748

accent

#F236D6

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F7

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0A0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A169D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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